The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-07-29
declare their recovery x Il out Of the question

dsclsre their recovery Il out Of the question
A Connellsville special says thatthe Minere,
A~malgamated association and Knights Of L.
Dor both held delegate conventions at Scot.
dale Tuesday, and resolved to resume work
on condition that the coke operators meet
their committee to arrange . scale Of wages.
The general opinion 10 that this will end the
great coke strike, and there 10 much reioicins,
DR.. Randall and son Charley, Who were bad.
" burned in the Burlington and Missouri
collision Friday. died Saturday afternoon,
Their remains will be sent back to their home
at Rockville, Ohio. The company held an in.
vests1ation Saturday afternoon and found
thai the responsibility OF the accident rested
upon J. Rowser, or the west.bound freight.
who was asleep.
o. h. Rothacker, editor Of the Omaha Re.
publican. was arrested Thursday o ncomplain,
ofs. N. Hitchcock, editor Of tho World, on a
charge of criminal libel. The article which
gave Hitchcock ofense was an editorial pub.
lsshed in the Republican July 10, in which
reference was made to Hitchcock,s dcad
father and brother. Rothacker was released
on $3.50 bond. This is the second srres,
under the new law.
A large number Of distillers met at Chicago
Tuesday to discuss the organization of a
whisky trust on the plan of the Standard OH
company, the plan being to unite in a monop.
oily all OF the distilleries west Of the OAio
river. 1t ts understood the scheme will be in
full operation in a month and that the name
adopted is 1.-THE Western Distllers' and Cat.
tie Feeders Trust" The amount of stock to
be fseued is estimated at $l0,OOO,OOO
Miss Josie Holmes, who was exchange clerk
OF the late Fidelity National bank, and whose
visits and consultations with e. L. HARPER.
late vlce-presideut Of the bank, Caused his
removal to the Dayton jail, was Thursday
served with a warrant charging her with aid.
Ing and abetting Harper in his illegalconduct,
for which he is now awaiting trial. Upon be.
Ing arrafgned she waived examination and
was required to give bonds In $4,000, which
was not furnished.
Mayor Francis Of st. Louis Saturday morn
Ing appointed a committee to carry the inyt.
tatton to President Cleveland to visit the CITY
OF st. Louis during the fall festivities. On
this committee were the presidents Of various
associations having in charge the fall fcstivt.
ties, and many prominent citizens, represent
ing union aud confederate soldiers, and bust.
ness men. The colored citizens are rcpre.
sented by one Of their race. The delegation
will start next Sunday.
Close upon the heels Of the New Mexico
earthquake at Bavispo, comes the details of a
still greater calamity at Bacarisc, a town
twenty miles from Bavtspo. 1t had before
the catastrophe 12,OCO Inhabitants. When
Bavispo was destroyed the town was badly
shaken up. Since then the town of Bscarisc
has been visited by a succession of shocks
that have reduced the whole town to ruins.
Most OF the people escaped, as they fed the
country terror stricken on the first disturb.
ance.
Interest in the All Mccoy trial at Ports.
month, Ohio, is increasing every day, and
every day the testimony seems to bear down
harder on the defense. Mccoy and his al.
torneys, however, show no signs of weaken
ing and only ask a ~postponement Of popular
Judgment until their evidence comes in. Miss
Northup, sister of the dead man, takes an
active interest in the prosecution, even en-
ploying two attorneys to assist the state. The
testimony lie not only hard on AT Mccoy, but
bears heavily on his brother James, and goes
far toward sustaining the charges OF his
being AN accomplicc.
Two hundred delegates were present Tues
dag morning when the annual convention of
the National association of boot and shoe re-
~tailers, at Chicago, was called to order. All
the principal cities Of the country were repre-
sented. Among the subjects to be considered
is the effect upon the retail trade of extensive
sales OF boots and shoes by dry goods houses
throughout the country. The Chicago dele
gates will strongly urge that a boycott be
placed on wholesalers who sell to dry goods
houses. This question is liable to be a thorn
in the side OF the convention, and will prob.
ably lead to IN animated discussion.
Memo special to the Journal: Another
shocking and fatal accident occurred between
Freeman and Marion Junction Thursday
afternoon, in which Henry Unruh, a well.to-
Russian farmer about sixty-two years of
age, rue. his DEATH They had just set up and
were starting his sclf-binder (his son was
drivlng), when the team ran away aud ran
into the old man md literally cut him to
pieces. His right hip was cut nearly off and
broken, one side Of his head or scalp cut OFF,
go q portion Of the brain as large as q silver
dollar was exposed. A guard also ran into
his head and pushed out one Of his eyes. DR..
Wallace, of this place. was called, but could
render only temporary relief, the patient dy-
ing about z o'clock the next IN orning.
The powder-house owned by the q. w. and
v. coal company at strcato,,, Illinois, was
struck by lightning at $3.50 Thursday morn-
ing, causing o terrible explosion, killing one
man and %wounding many, acd demollshing
all the property 70. blocks around 1t. There
was not q window left unbrok,.n within a half
q mile of the explosion. Not a vestige of the
remaine, while where It stood
is an excavation about sixty feet long, forty
feet wide and twenty feet deep. The number
of minor causalties will reach nearly q hum
dred. There were about folty.fve dwellings
almost totally demolished. There is not a
plate glass window left IN the business part
of the city. The loss will probably reach $75,-
600 or $780, OO. Between 5000 and 10000
pounds of powder were stored in the build.
ing.
WASHINGTON
The president and party arrived At Wash.
ington on Wednesday morning.